MONTREAL – Astral Media has named Jacques Parisien as its executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
Parisien, who joined Astral in 1994, has been group president of Astral Radio and…
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BANFF – Netflix, the bane of many TV service providers, will be honoured at the 2011 Banff World Television Festival.
Organizers said Thursday that the Internet movie subscription service will…
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TORONTO – It’s a far smaller media company Leonard Asper is running this time around.
The former CEO of Canwest Global Communications has emerged from the dismantling and sale of…
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TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has reached a tentative settlement on the television and radio collective agreements covering performers engaged by the…
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WITH APPLE PLANNING to enter the 3D fray, could this be the final push that the technology needs to achieve mainstream status?
Despite 3D technology’s rise in awareness, popularity, and…
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TORONTO – Former CanWest Global CEO Leonard Asper has bought a piece of The Fight Network and has assumed the title of CEO of the category two specialty channel.
In a memo to staff on…
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TORONTO – The Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund has awarded production grants to 21 projects and development grants to 10 more. It also awarded professional development funding to ten…
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VANCOUVER – CTV British Columbia veteran news anchors Bill Good and Pamela Martin will be stepping down from their positions at CTV News At Six at the end of the…
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OTTAWA – A religious talk program violated various broadcast codes by its treatment of issues such as homosexuality, Islam, Haiti and euthanasia, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined.
Word TV…
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VANCOUVER – Fairchild Radio collected 1,212 lbs. of used clothing and blankets for the Salvation Army last Saturday during the first day of its annual ‘Winter Warm Wave Clothing Drive’.
Staffed…
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